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The excerpt below is from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1897:

"If the people . . . want a slaveholding state, let them have it, and if they want a free state they a right to it. . . ."

What decision does the quote above describe?

Fugitive Slave Act

Dred Scott decision

Missouri Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Missouri Compromise
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The decision that the quote above describes is the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It allowed for Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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